Detail View: Rylands Collection: Earle Boythwell coat of arms

Image Number: 
JRL17092511
Reference Number: 
English MS 4
Image Title: 
Earle Boythwell coat of arms
Parent Work Title: 
Scottish Armorial
Date Created: 
16th century
Page/Sheet: 
6r
Image Sequence Number: 
006r
Description: 
Coat of arms of the Earl of Bothwell (Hepburn): Gules, on a chevron Argent two lions pulling at a rose. The manuscript has been partially destroyed by fire. The red pigment on this heraldic design is Vermilion. In heraldry, red is called Gules. This fire-damaged coat of arms belongs to ‘Earle Boythwell’, better known as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, abductor and subsequent husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Subject: 
Nobility--Europe--Heraldry
Subject: 
Nobility--Scotland--Genealogy
Subject: 
Heraldry--Scotland--Early works to 1839
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
16th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Scotland
Item Height: 
320 mm
Item Width: 
180 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-09-25
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Educational Notes: 
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
Academic Project Lead: 
Carol Burrows
Academic Project Lead: 
Elaine Sheldon